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Murray this morning/TMZ As expected, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has formally filed charges in Superior Court against 56-year-old Conrad Murray, the doctor who administered a fatal dose of propofol to popstar Michael Jackson last summer, reports LA Now. The complaint implicates Murray for acting “without due caution and circumspection," thereby playing a key role in the singer's death. The charges are the result of a 7-month homicide investigation that focused intently...

Photo by Archie Tucker via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr It seems CA Assembly Speaker Karen Bass is looking to enter the race to take the place of Diane Watson as the Rep. for CA-33, who has begun to tell people she won't be running for re-election. How has the arts scene changed in Pasadena in recent years? Today's LA Times takes a look. The 38-year-old surfer who lost his life in...

With the Super Bowl comes revelry that often involves alcohol, and in response the Los Angeles Police Department has been working hard this weekend to increase enforcement activities aimed at putting a stop to dangerous driving. Sobriety checkpoints have been running all weekend, and today the LAPD will be conducting what they're calling "a DUI saturation patrol," according to a press release, adding that the "LAPD encourages everyone to support their favorite team and...

Photo by sadjeans via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Venice's Equator Books has been a welcoming independent option for book lovers on Abbot Kinney for over five years, but now they have announced that this weekend they are closing their doors for good. In an announcement sent out by email and posted on their website, the bookstore's owners are asking their customers to come by and make a last purchase from their...

Fishlips Sushi was part of the SaMo food truck lot and the Haiti fundraiser last month (Zach Behrens/LAist) Next Thursday, Downtown diners will be able to order up from a small set of food trucks parked at a designated lot, thanks to the organizational efforts of the SoCal Mobile Food Vendors Association, reports the Daily Dish. SoCal MFVA VP Matt Geller explains that the lot will be located at Alameda and Traction, and will...

Nathaniel Ayers (Photo by R.E.˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Homeless musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, the subject of the book and film The Soloist, has recorded his first album, and today LA Times columnist and longtime advocate of Ayers Steve Lopez tells the story of the tenuous process. Over the past couple of years Ayers would vacillate on his comfort with the project, Lopez explains, remarking "he'd back off one day,...

Photo by TheTruthAbout... via Flickr The city could soon be bringing in more much-needed revenue if they follow through on discussions to expand the current red light camera program, according to the LA Times. Over the next few months LA's motorists could see cameras added to "blocks of eight intersections at a time and eventually doubling the overall reach of the program to 64 intersections." The city's return on investment in the program and...

Photo by intellichick via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The "frugal" CA Gov hopeful Jerry Brown has $12M in the bank in prep for his campaign. (Incidentally, Meg Whitman says she's willing to spend $100M.) Toyota is now ready to begin the work to fix the pedal issue on their many, many recalled models. The hearing in the case of the big-rig driver charged with vehicular manslaughter in last April's Angeles Crest...

Photo by Atwater Village Newbie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A pursuit that began in Burbank via car ended up inside The Americana at Brand mall and residences where the suspect hid in the parking structure until apprehended by police. The crime for which three suspects were sought was a liquor store robbery that took place in Burbank late this morning, according to LA Now. Live news reports this morning indicated...

Photo by Michael J Lynch via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Will traditionally Blue California turn Red thanks to changes in voter patterns, attitudes? A man was shot outside Hollywood's Cabana Club last night, and two officers wounded when they arrived in response to the call. In Carson, an alleged drunk driver struck and killed a pedestrian. It's nature that's bringing two rival LA high schools together. Northridge's beautiful Oakie House will...

Photo by jasmith31 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Republican Governor-hopeful Meg Whitman is cutting her association with Santa Clarita Councilman Bob Kellar, aka the "proud racist." A gang member has been sentenced to death for a 2004 murder in Riverside. It was a water main break that caused the streets to flood in Culver City earlier today. The lead investigator in the case of El Monte's slain civic leader Bobby Salcedo...

The JGold himself at his Union Station Cocktail Party last year (Elise Thompson/LAist) Forget "You are what you eat." What you want to be eating in L.A. is what the LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold is eating. And while you may clutch your fingerprint-smudged personally annotated copy of his 99 Restaurants annual list as you use your Google map make your way from taqueria to San Gabriel Valley strip mall to white linen tablecloth finery,...